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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/nologin/nologin.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/nologin/nologin.5 | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 b/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 index 8ce22a2..0b4d290 100644 --- a/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 +++ b/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 @@ -39,13 +39,19 @@ .Nm nologin .Nd disallow logins .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Nologin -disallows logins if the file +Programs such as +.Xr login 1 +disallow logins if the file .Pa /var/run/nologin exists. Programs display the contents of .Pa /var/run/nologin to the user and exit. +This makes it simple to temporarily prevent incoming logins systemwide. +.Pp +To disable logins on a per-account basis, +investigate +.Xr nologin 8 . .Sh SECURITY Ignored by .Xr login 1 |
